Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
GoAnimate is the tool that I investigated for Reading Strategies. The main function of GoAnimate is for creating cartoons. To use this tool you must create a username and password; it is free to everyone and when you are a teacher you can receive 100 student accounts for the premium version. If you would like to explore on the site, I created a login and username for our class. It is as follows: username-Reading Strategies password- kidsread. There is a tutorial that will walk you through all of the steps in creating an animation, explaining how to create a new scene, add voices, and all the ins and outs to get you started. I found it a little challenging at first, but within 5 minutes of use I would say I was acclimated with the ways to enhance my cartoon.
Above you will see the cartoon that I created for a lesson in Reading. It is titled Knowledgeable Kyle and the Letter K. In this cartoon, Kyle helps point to things in the real world that start with the letter K. I thought this would be a neat way to introduce the letters of the alphabet and catch the students interest. As a class, we could create an entire alphabet book with the use of cartoons. It might be a challenge for the younger grades, but it would be fun if the older grades created it for the younger students and had a day they sat and watched all of the creations.
I would definitely recommend this tool to teachers for their classroom teaching and also as a tool for students to use and create their own cartoons. There is an entire section of the website that has lesson plan ideas and ways to incorporate GoAnimate in your teaching. I also searched for more ideas on Google and was surprised to find a large selection of ideas. One of my favorites I found was having students create and interview with a famous person from a non-fiction book or a fairy tale. Another great idea was to have students recreate a scene from the book they are reading to check for comprehension. The only con I can see to using this tool that it can be very time consuming and would take students awhile to become acclimated with the buttons and functions of making a cartoon.
The Thunderstorm During Spring Break
Written and Illustrated by Karli Walsen Karli's Cast Book
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
GoAnimate is the tool that I investigated for Reading Strategies. The main function of GoAnimate is for creating cartoons. To use this tool you must create a username and password; it is free to everyone and when you are a teacher you can receive 100 student accounts for the premium version. If you would like to explore on the site, I created a login and username for our class. It is as follows: username-Reading Strategies password- kidsread. There is a tutorial that will walk you through all of the steps in creating an animation, explaining how to create a new scene, add voices, and all the ins and outs to get you started. I found it a little challenging at first, but within 5 minutes of use I would say I was acclimated with the ways to enhance my cartoon.
Above you will see the cartoon that I created for a lesson in Reading. It is titled Knowledgeable Kyle and the Letter K. In this cartoon, Kyle helps point to things in the real world that start with the letter K. I thought this would be a neat way to introduce the letters of the alphabet and catch the students interest. As a class, we could create an entire alphabet book with the use of cartoons. It might be a challenge for the younger grades, but it would be fun if the older grades created it for the younger students and had a day they sat and watched all of the creations.
I would definitely recommend this tool to teachers for their classroom teaching and also as a tool for students to use and create their own cartoons. There is an entire section of the website that has lesson plan ideas and ways to incorporate GoAnimate in your teaching. I also searched for more ideas on Google and was surprised to find a large selection of ideas. One of my favorites I found was having students create and interview with a famous person from a non-fiction book or a fairy tale. Another great idea was to have students recreate a scene from the book they are reading to check for comprehension. The only con I can see to using this tool that it can be very time consuming and would take students awhile to become acclimated with the buttons and functions of making a cartoon.
The Thunderstorm During Spring Break
Written and Illustrated by Karli Walsen
Karli's Cast Book